Green Brigade Return May Boost Title Bid - O'neill

O'Neill was speaking arsenic nan Scottish FA announced sports arena advisor Mark Blackbourne will lead its investigation into nan upset that followed nan Scottish Cup quarter-final betwixt Rangers and Celtic successful March.

Tensions person arisen betwixt elements of Celtic's support and nan committee astir specified matters arsenic summertime transportation activity, managerial appointments and crowd safety.

Discussions person been held betwixt nan Green Brigade and nan nine and Celtic said earlier this week that Glasgow City Council's Safety Advisory Group was happy for nan suspension to beryllium lifted.

"I deliberation that nan information regulations person been sorted," O'Neill said. "We've sewage to conscionable spot really it goes and spot what nan extremity of nan play brings. Let's person a due speech astatine nan end."

Defending champions Celtic spell into Saturday's crippled 3 points down leaders Heart of Midlothian and 2 adrift of Rangers.

Hearts person been handed a sojourn to Celtic Park connected nan last time of nan play pursuing nan publication of nan post-split Scottish Premiership fixtures, but O'Neill said "it's surely a agelong measurement disconnected for us" to beryllium reasoning of that perchance being a title decider.

Celtic's extremity quality is worse than some their title rivals, but nan Northern Irishman said "it's excessively precocious now" to deliberation astir that and "I would conscionable beryllium delighted to triumph nan games".

Meanwhile, O'Neill revealed on-loan right-back Julian Araujo had suffered a recurrence of his hamstring wounded aft returning to Bournemouth for curen and would miss nan remainder of nan play - and perchance nan World Cup pinch Mexico.

Fellow right-back Colby Donovan besides has a hamstring wounded that will norm him retired for possibly nan adjacent 2 weeks, but Canada world Alistair Johnston could return adjacent play for nan first clip since October.